Peak oil – Dec 13
Coming soon – Escape from Suburbia!
Review – New Peak Oil Film “Crude Impact”
Interview with James Howard Kunstler
Elephants and quagmires: PO & the Bush denial
The foundations of peak-oil doomerism
Education
Muzzling climate science – Dec 11
The Counterpurge (de-Stalinising the US energy complex)
Oil company money scandal at Nat’l Science Teachers Assn deepens
Climate scientist says the word ‘Kyoto’ barred
Lysenkoism
U.S.’s oil habit – Dec 11
Oil habit hard to break, experts say
UAE on Tom Friedman: Our reality, their spin
The mustache is the message
Bush to make energy a 2007 priority
Biofuels – Dec 11
Liposuctioned fat could be bio-diesel fuel
Can biodiesel compete on price?
Grist biofuels series shifts into future tense
As alternative energy heats up, environmental concerns grow
Mavens, mavens everywhere…
The peak oil movement lacks enough connectors and salespeople. Many of those concerned about peak oil come from technical backgrounds: physics, geology, engineering and computer science. In other words, the peak oil movement has an embarrassment of mavens. This is a great plus, but not enough.
Biofuels – Dec 5
A Grist special series on biofuels
Algae: Companies convert CO2 to auto fuel
Expert: Careful on biofuel subsidies
Peak oil – Dec 4
Ask Umbra: good to the last drop
TOD debate on the timing of peak oil
PayPal’s Thiel bets big on peak oil
‘Mad Max’ co-author on peak oil
Portland group plans for peak oil
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 2
Energy Descent Plans and the Oil Depletion Protocol
Six ways to shrink that heating bill
Vancouver Energy Farm update
How to build intelligent suburbs
Ecotopia – a photographic exhibit
FEASTA expand website
Post Carbon Newsletter – a half million visitors
Good forecasts/bad forecasts: how does the US DOE/EIA come out?
The US DOE/EIA doesn’t perform realistic analyses for the future production capabilities of countries. Their objective appears to be to provide happy projections that fit their assessment of future global consumption. (Several case studies provided.)
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 1
Amory Lovins on Charlie Rose Show
Korea expert argues for sustainable development
Hollywood, through a green lens
Energy & sustainability – Nov 29
NYT on EROEI and the Limits of Growth
What is energy worth?
Global warming & energy policy on collision course
Clueless in America: feeding the tape worms of desire
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 28
Husbanding resources
Earthshakers: the top 100 green campaigners of all time
Pastor chosen to lead Christian Coalition steps down in dispute over agenda